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Project Approach

Bernardon's Design Creation Process requiring the integration of multiple disciplines
in existing facilities. The close relationships we
Being responsive to our clients and flexible in have formed with key consultants, such as The
performing our services are the key elements of our Rock Brook Consulting Group and an array of
design philosophy. other specialty consulting engineers allow them
to fit easily and seamlessly into our project team,
Responsiveness resulting in a comprehensive design solution that
We work in partnership with our clients—it is efficiently incorporates the latest thinking in
our challenge to use our creativity and knowledge Lean and Evidence-based healthcare design.
to deliver the mission and vision of AtlantiCare
and its corresponding business unit for the
Manahawkin Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). Lean Building Design Tactics for Healthcare
We will listen carefully in order to understand your Facilities
objectives and goals for the Manahawkin ASC. We
will propose multiple concepts and alternatives, In healthcare facility design, several Lean tactics,
coordinating our efforts with members of your including target-value design, can be used to
project team to arrive at a design consensus. eliminate waste. We always consider target value
Schedules and deadlines are taken seriously in the early in the design and include operating staff in this
performance of our services. We know that being process in order to make them shared stakeholders in
prompt in responding to questions and meeting critical value-based decisions. Using this technique,
deadlines is critical to any project. The long- increases in one aspect of the design beyond
standing relationships that we have established an established target would require a reciprocal
with a number of clients who have retained us for decrease in another. The opposite is also true.
multiple projects such as those for the Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, the Rothman Institute, For example, a building’s structural systems—
Nemours|A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, very important and expensive components of the
ChristianaCare Health System, Aspire Ventures, design—are typically not reviewed with staff. By
Clio Health Lancaster, Blood Bank of Delmarva, working closely with structural engineers and
and Genesis HealthCare are a reflection of our planners, our team is able to come up with an
commitment to being responsive to the needs of efficient column grid module and bracing system
our clients. that can reduce the expense of the structure well
below the original target. The money saved can then
Flexibility be spent on other features, including better finishes
Bernardon tailors our services to the requirements and higher-end lighting to positively enhance the
of the particular healthcare project at hand—from patient experience.
a straightforward primary care fit-out project to
a complex Ambulatory Surgery Center program

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